NSF Day 7: Team Delta retains first with 103 medals, Bayelsa tags second on table
Team Delta has soared to 103 medals after Day Seven of the ongoing 22nd National Sports Festival tagged ‘Gateway Games’ in Ogun State.
Delta won 44 gold, 19 silver and 40 bronze, bringing the state’s total medals haul to 103.
The official medals table of the NSF indicated that Bayelsa maintained second position with 33 gold, 23 silver and 23 bronze medals, totalling 79.
Meanwhile, Rivers State remained third with 26 gold, 21 silver and 26 bronze medals.
Team Ogun garnered 25 gold, 16 silver and 24 bronze medals to consolidate in the fourth position, while Oyo State tightly held onto the fifth with 14 gold, 17 silver and 21 bronze medals.
The table at the time of filing this report showed that a total of 709 medals had so far been won.
Taraba is the latest state to join the medals table with one silver.
The NSF is a biennial multi-sport event organised by the Federal Government.
It brings together athletes from the 36 states and the FCT to compete in various sports, promoting national unity, sportsmanship, and excellence across Nigeria.
State teams’ gold, silver and bronze medals and total
1. Delta: 44 19 40 103
2. Bayelsa: 33 23 23 79
3.Rivers: 26 21 26 73
4.Ogun: 25 16 24 65
5.Oyo: 16 17 21 54
6. Edo 14 48 45 107
7. Lagos : 11 11 25 47
8. Osun: 10 1 4 15
9. Abia: 6 8 21 35
10.Plateau : 4 3 11 18
11.Akwa Ibom: 4 3 4 11
12.FCT: 3 2 6 11
13.Cross River: 3 1 1 5
14.Invited Junior Athletes (IJA) 2 5 2 9
15. Anambra: 1 5 5 11
16.Imo: 1 4 7 12
17.Niger: 1 3 2 6
18.Kwara: 1 2 3 6
19.Nasarawa: 1 1 7 9
20. Kano: 0 3 6 9
21. Borno: 0 3 1 4
22.Benue: 0 1 6 7
23.Ekiti: 0 1 3 4
24. Ondo: 0 1 2 3
25. Bauchi: 0 1 1 2
26. Kaduna: 0 1 1 2
27. Taraba: 0 1 0 1
28. Kebbi: 0 0 1 1
Total. 206 205 298 709
(NAN)
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